Course Title: Basic Business for Dog Professionals - 110
Credits: 3 (Approx. 42 work-hours)
Instructor: Kellyann Conway, B.A., CABC
Course Description
This course provides basic information in business planning and operation from marketing to hiring. If you plan to run your own business in dog training or behavior consulting whether it is a hall for group classes or one on one home visit consultations this course will help you develop the knowledge you will need to make it work. Students can expect to do a lot of studying and writing in this course as well as researching business ideas on their own. We have tried to make this course such that anyone in the world can take it; we tried to avoid making it so that only those in North America would be able to do the assignments. Note that if you are already running a business you may be familiar with much of the material in this course. It is meant for those considering running their own business.
Students should emerge from this course with a foundationalunderstanding of:
Course Texts
Suggested but not required Material:
Enrollment Package Includes
- Coursework document with assignments and course notes
- Student Handbook
- Access to Classroom, with transcripts from Guest Visits and handouts
- Free membership with IIACAB and to all issues of its journal JACAB
- Access to your Instructor for one-on-one guidance
Schedule
The course begins as soon as your enrollment is complete and you receive your enrollment package. Although we allow 4 months for this course, you are free to complete the course sooner if you can, and we do allow extensions if need be.
Prerequisites
None
Tuition
$350 Cdn. (Currency Converter) + 4% fee for for online payments. Textbooks not included in tuition. They may be purchased through http://www.dogwise.com, http://www.amazon.com, http://www.abebooks.com or http://www.half.com in most cases. Also check the Student Library. Canadian Residents 5% GST.
Enrollment
Visit the "ENROLL" page and follow the application instructions.